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Europe '51

Summary: A wealthy woman becomes obsessed with humanitarianism when her young son dies after committing suicide.

Release Date: November 03, 1954

Genre: Drama

Director: Roberto Rossellini

Writers: Roberto Rossellini

, Sandro De Feo

, Mario Pannunzio

Runtime: 1 h 58 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Ponti-De Laurentiis Cinematografica

Distributor: I.F.E. Releasing Corporation, The Criterion Collection, HBO Max

Country: Italy

Language: Italian

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alienation american ambassador anti communism attempted suicide by hanging bank robber bible quote bourgeoisie breach of propriety charity work child suicide cinema class difference commitment to mental hospital communist conformity controlling husband corpse cousin cousin relationship death of son death of young woman declared insane false accusation of adultery female subjugation female worker good samaritan gospel quotation gossip guilty conscience high society humanitarianism husband wife estrangement hypocrisy industrialist infantalization of women involuntary commitment italy journalist life crisis loss of child mental institution misery missionary work mother son estrangement motherhood oppression of women poverty priest private detective psychiatric hospital reference to a saint rome italy rorschach test slums social class social commentary social conscience spiritual quest suicide of son suspected adultery tuberculosis upper class working class

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